I know it's early, and I've not even had the opportunity to read it myself, but I am seeing some early responses to the leak of Laudato Si, the pope's encyclical on climate change and other moral-scientific issues. I consider myself a creation care style person at heart because I enjoy the outdoors and abhor the amount of trash and pollution that seems to litter our countryside in my own home state. My grandfather, who was a lifelong Republican, was also a member of the Sierra club and even my father, also conservative, is open to the possibility of climate change and our negative effects on the environment.
That said, I thought this piece from First Things was interesting:
http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/06/the-return-of-catholic-anti-modernism
I very much agree with this:
That said, I thought this piece from First Things was interesting:
http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/06/the-return-of-catholic-anti-modernism
I very much agree with this:
However, would you view the encyclical as post-modern or even anti-modern? Is it a new direction, the right direction?In short, without a theocentric orientation, we adopt the anthropocentric presumption that we are at the center of reality. This tempts us to treat nature—and other human beings—as raw material to do with as we wish. For Francis, “a spirituality which forgets God as all-powerful and Creator is not acceptable.”